Pedro Marques opened to 120,000 in early position and Daniel Dvoress three-bet to 360,000 from the hijack.
Action folded back around to Marques and he announced a four-bet to 885,000. Dvoress quickly folded.
Pedro Marques opened to 120,000 in early position and Daniel Dvoress three-bet to 360,000 from the hijack.
Action folded back around to Marques and he announced a four-bet to 885,000. Dvoress quickly folded.
Philipe Pizzari opened to 125,000 from under the gun. He was called by Pedro Marques and Daniel Dvoress from middle position and the cutoff respectively.
Petar Kalev then made it 475,000 from the button. Pizzari and Dvoress called.
Kalev continued for 350,000 on the ![]()
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flop before Pizzari clicked it to 700,000. Dvoress got out of the way.
Kalev used up a time bank before moving all in for 1,830,000 total and after using two time banks himself, Pizzari folded.
Fedor Holz ripped all in for just over 1,000,000 in the hijack and Andre Marques was on the short stack in the big blind. Marques asked for a count despite clearly being covered and eventually called off his last 345,000 chips.
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and Holz was still in the lead with the lone pair.
"Not a good flop for me," Marques boasted about the small flop that also gave Holz a straight draw.
The
on the turn and the
on the river were also no help to Marques who was eliminated in 30th place.
Felipe Boianovsky slid his stack of 470,000 into the middle from early position before Matthew Hunt also moved all-in to his left. The rest of the table folded, leaving Boianovsky at risk.
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Boianovsky could not catch up on the ![]()
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runout, ending his run while leaving the final 30 to battle for the PSPC title.
Petar Kalev opened from under the gun and Daniel Dvoress defended out of the big blind.
Dvoress checked on the ![]()
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flop and Kalev continued for 175,000. Dvoress called. Dvoress checked again on the
turn and Kalev checked back.
Dvoress checked a third time on the
river and Kalev checked back. Dvoress showed ![]()
for a pair of threes and it was good to win the pot.
The action folded to Renato Minicuci in the cutoff who ripped all in for 725,000. Mehdi Violleau was in the big blind and quickly called after looking at his cards.
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and Violleau was still out front with his ace-high. However, the
gave Minicuci a pair of tens to take the lead. The
on the river bricked out and Minicuci got a double-up.
Max Menzel raised to 120,000 from middle position before Matthew Hunt moved all-in for 645,000 on the button. Menzel called, leaving Hunt at risk.
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Hunt was flipping to stay alive with a pair of jacks, with the ![]()
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runout leaving him safe for the double up.

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Platinum Pass winner Max Menzel opened on the button to 180,000 and Felipe Boianovsky took some time before moving all-in from the small blind. The action was back on Menzel, who used a time bank card before making the call for his tournament life.
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Menzel’s pocket pair was well in front, with the ![]()
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runout posing no danger to earn the double up while leaving Boianovsky short.